Following word that Sandra Bullock is no longer in The Expendables, Variety reports that Mickey Rourke has joined the cast for Sylvester Stallone’s project.

Rourke will play an arms dealer who becomes to go-to guy for a group of mercenaries who hope to topple a South American dictator. Stallone himself, along with Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture and Dolph Lundgren star in the film, which will also star Forest Whitaker and Ben Kingsley.

The film begins shooting in Brazil this March. Avi Lerner, John Thompson and Kevin King Templeton are producing.